Sky Island has had a tradition since ancient times.
Just like the rulers of Sky Island nations are called "Kings," the rulers of Sky Island are respectfully called "Gods" by the people.
Gan Fall is the current God of Sky Island.
Like kings, each god has a different personality and way of doing things, whether cruel, bossy, or unknown...
And Gan Fall is a God who loves the people of Sky Island.
Under his rule, apart from the "unstable factors" that have existed since ancient times, the overall life of the Sky Island people is still happy and peaceful.
But this peace was broken six years ago by a deafening thunder.
On a small Sky Island called "Birka" near Sky Island, a young man suddenly appeared who called himself "God," named Enel.
Under Enel's command, a war lasting six years took place between Sky Island and Birka!
The situation of this war is also very special, fought off and on, as if Enel deliberately didn't want the war to end.
It's been too long.
The longer the war continues, the more uneasy the people of Sky Island become.
Helpless, this old man, nearly sixty years old with white hair and beard, put on that silver armor again, picked up that knight's spear, and became the former Sky Knight.
He invited Enel to Sky Island for peace talks, at a small floating island directly above God's Island.
God's Island—also known as "Upper Yard"—is the island where the Gods live, called the sanctuary.
Unlike ordinary Sky Islands made of clouds, Upper Yard is mainly made of "Vearth"—or "dirt," common to people in the Blue Sea.
About four hundred years ago, Upper Yard, originally part of Jaya Island in the Blue Sea, was blasted into the sky by the terrifying power of the Knock-Up Stream, and has remained in the air ever since.
Dirt is an extremely scarce resource for the people of Sky Island.
Because of this, the people of Sky Island and the natives of Upper Yard fought a fierce battle to seize the dirt.
In the end, because the people of the Blue Sea could not adapt to the climate of Sky Island in a short time, their combat power was greatly reduced, and they were defeated and driven out of their homeland.
Those surviving natives called themselves the Shandian and vowed to take back their land, starting a continuous war with the Sky Island people.
This war has been going on for four hundred years, until today!
As the current God, Gan Fall has been working hard to resolve the conflict between the Shandian and the Sky Island people, but unfortunately, the grievances between the two sides have been built up for a long time, so he can only proceed gradually.
Then, the war between Birka and Sky Island began.
The mixture of multiple forces made Gan Fall unable to cope at all. He could only hope that this negotiation could completely solve the problem between Sky Island and Birka.
After all, this war is meaningless!
...
Gan Fall thought of many ways to start, but he never expected that Enel would bring two people from the Blue Sea and one outsider from Sky Island.
What Gan Fall didn't expect even more was that this person from the Blue Sea didn't seem to be with Enel, and even seemed to be hostile to him!
The man in the light gold armor should be the leader of the three.
He called himself Ryan Rowan, representing the Four Seas Alliance, a "third party."
What does that mean?
Is that person from the Blue Sea going to participate in this negotiation too?
Gan Fall couldn't understand Rowan's thoughts, and couldn't figure out what Enel was thinking.
He turned his gaze to Enel to the side.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
In fact, Enel's idea is very simple, so simple that it's almost unbelievable.
"Of course it's to relieve boredom, relieve boredom!"
Enel opened his arms and laughed, "I originally wanted to use your Sky Island's defense force to train my priest troops, but recently I suddenly felt that doing so was very boring!"
"Coincidentally, since you invited me here, I've come up with something more interesting!"
Looking at Enel, who was laughing, Gan Fall couldn't understand him at all, and frowned, "You unreasonable madman!"
"Madman? You should say 'God'!"
Enel suddenly moved closer to Gan Fall, lightning flashing between his brows, and slowly said, "Anything that a God can think of is possible, right?"
...
Watching this scene, Crocodile vaguely sensed the personality of that natural Logia Devil Fruit user named Enel.
Capricious and extremely conceited.
Anything is possible for this kind of person to do.
But...
In a way, this kind of person isn't the most troublesome type.
The really troublesome guy is right next to Crocodile—
Ryan Rowan!
That kind of person is not only conceited, but also good at hiding their feelings.
Like wielding a knife at the night, no matter how tired you are, you can't cut through the darkness.
Crocodile turned his head and saw Ryan spreading out his sand table, discussing something with the Sky Island person Habu.
Hehehehe, as expected, doing something again.
...
On the side, Gan Fall heard Enel's words, his eyes twitching, and roared, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Enel suddenly stretched out a finger and grinned, "Let's send out our respective representatives for a battle royale, that is, the ultimate God's Trial!"
"Battle royale?"
Gan Fall frowned, not understanding Enel's words.
Enel excitedly explained, "I just thought of it a while ago. Since you don't want to continue fighting, and I'm too lazy to care about this place anymore, why not solve everything completely once and for all."
"We each prepare for a short time, gather our people on God's Island, let them fight as our representatives, and the last remaining side will be the winner and can obtain the right to rule this God's Island, how about it?"
The simple and easy-to-understand rules made Gan Fall burn with anger.
"Enel, you bastard... your people will also be killed and injured! What good is it to do this?"
"Huh?"
Enel raised an eyebrow.
"As a God, would you care about the deaths of mortals?"
"Besides, doing so can easily choose the strongest, isn't that a very efficient thing?"
"You..." Gan Fall wanted to argue, but a bolt of lightning suddenly struck at his feet.
Enel deliberately widened his eyes, threatening, "I've been thinking about it for a long time before I came up with this method. If you don't want to..."
Boom!
In the distant sky, a terrifying pillar of lightning suddenly fell.
The power was so great that even from here, you could still feel the ground shaking.
"Then I'll just have to change to another method!"
Enel said it casually, but it made Gan Fall sweat a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead.
Sky Island has no records of Devil Fruits, so Gan Fall doesn't know how Enel can emit such terrifying lightning strikes.
The only thing he is sure of is that if that lightning strike hit a Sky Island city, it would definitely cause countless deaths and injuries to the people of Sky Island!
"Okay, I agree..."
Gan Fall frowned, thinking about countermeasures, while emphasizing, "But you will keep your promise, right?"
Hearing this, Enel opened his arms and said, "Of course, the words of a God will always come true!"
"So..."
Enel slowly said, "I know I will win."
Then, Enel's gaze turned and looked at Rowan to the side.
"Hey, that person from the Blue Sea, did you hear our conversation?"
Rowan waved his hand and dispersed the sand table, and smiled, "Of course."
"You said just now... you are a third party?"
Enel looked over the two people behind Rowan, and couldn't help laughing loudly, "I agree that you can also participate in this God's Trial. But are you planning to rely on just the three of you?"
"Coincidentally, I also have some people." Rowan smiled slightly.
Enel nodded, very satisfied, "Then let's call our people to this God's Island first!"
After saying that, Enel and Gan Fall began to contact the strong people under their command.
Only Rowan, under Crocodile's surprised gaze, condensed a sand black gun with one hand.
A faint sand thread was still connected to the end of the black gun.
Crocodile was stunned, "What are you going to do?"
Rowan naturally said, "Calling people."
"Do you know where they are?"
"I know."
Rowan nodded towards Habu, explaining, "Just now, Habu used sand tables and meteorology to analyze and calculate the specific location."
Hearing these words, Crocodile re-examined the sickly-looking Sky Island person.
It is impossible for Rowan to exaggerate, so this is enough to prove that the guy named Habu's attainments in meteorology are also at the top in the Grand Line!
But...
Crocodile re-examined the black gun in Rowan's hand, and asked in confusion, "What exactly are you going to do with this?"
Rowan seemed very strange, and replied again, "Calling people."
Then, he threw the black gun out with all his strength!
Shoo!
...
Shoo!
About a hundred nautical miles away.
A ship with the Four Seas Alliance flag was speeding forward.
At this moment, a black spear suddenly fell, with a thread attached to it.
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